Title: Dirty Money
Author: Jessica Clare
Publisher/Year: Penguin Publishing 1/17/17
Length: 251 Pages
Series: Roughneck Billionaires #1
Overview
Southern Texas heats up when four roughneck billionaires set their sights on love in the new series from New York Times bestselling author Jessica Clare.
Boone Price and his brothers know oil; at least, the dirty, backbreaking side of working an oil rig. But when their scrubby, worthless hunting land turns out to be sitting on top of one of the biggest oil wells in North America, they go from the rig to the boardroom and end up billionaires practically overnight.
Now with enough money to do whatever he wants, Boone is developing a taste for fine things. And the finest thing he’s ever seen is Ivy Smithfield, local realtor. Boone’s determined to win her affection and show the world that he’s more than just a dirty fool with a bit of money. Ivy’s classy and beautiful – she’ll make the perfect trophy wife. The fact that she’s sexy and funny is just a bonus.
There’s one tiny problem – Ivy’s as dirt poor as Boone was. Her carefully crafted veneer of luxury? All an act to promote her business. What’s Boone going to do when he finds out the woman he’s falling for is, well, in his league?
My Thoughts
Being a fan of the other series that Ms Clare has written, i was happy to stumble upon this one last night when i was looking for something to read. Here we have another great example of how we have a family of brothers who are all so diverse from one another yet really quite the same, but we get to see how they figure out how to be happy in love and life.
This first installment and introduction to the series gives us a glimpse into the world of the oldest brother Boone. Their father was killed in a rig accident when they were young, and Boone had to become somewhat of the authority figure for his younger brothers. Figuring out how to make a living for them, and then striking it INCREDIBLY rich on the highest producing rig in the country – well we see how life can change really quickly.
Like we often see in these types of stories, what you see isn’t always what you get. Boon is the kind of guy who does what he wants and how he wants it – but he truly just wants respect. Because he’s not willing to conform, that respect is often out of his reach, and so through the direction of his brothers, he figures that maybe he needs to improve his image, clean himself up a bit and that would get him the respect in the business world that he deserves.
Enter Ivy – a realtor who Boone sees on a brochure, and by appearances is the classy woman that he needs, not only to find him a suitable house, but to be on his arm. Little does he know that her life is far from ideal, and that’s the journey that we go on in this story.
Ivy has her own troubled past. Her mom left, her dad is in jail, she’s living in a trailer trying to make enough money to give her younger sister the life that she never had. It’s a struggle, and she’s in a job where she’s not respected at all, she’s just the low hanging fruit – the pretty girl who can’t ever do anything because her bosses suck. So when Boone walks into her office, her life changes – both professionally and personally.
True to form of what we always see from Jessica Clare, we get a sweet story of a slow build to romance, but when it actually happens, it combusts. It’s not easy and there’s so much that gets in the way, both in life and in secrets that you really have to wonder what’s going to come out first and what the damage will be.
It’s sweet and romantic all the same to see how Boone tries to woo her – makes me wish for that sometimes in my own relationship but oh well. We also get to see some of the personalities of Boone’s brothers which will tease the coming installments which is also great. I can’t wait to see how their stories go. If they are as sweet, entertaining and hot/sexy as this one – then i think that we’ve got yet another great series on our hands. Have a great day all!
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